- Aug 30, 2014
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I put 50% of last night's loss on Butters, and 50% on Mullen.
50%: We don't have any quality depth whatsoever (especially on D), and a severe lack of talent on the OL and at RB. This program's overall roster is lacking, and we are struggling to keep up with the big boys because of it. Mullen has had to recruit for 2 years with the stench of stagnation from a decade of neglect by Butters, and even Muschamp, as well (neither of them knew how to recruit a full roster). With that said, Mullen gets no more grace from me over this roster after this season. This upcoming crop of recruits better end up being f*cking amazing.
As for Mullen's 50%: last night was a winnable game, even with our depleted roster. I have always said Mullen is a good coach, but I am not convinced he is great. I stand by that. He still has a lot to learn, and I hope he does, quickly. His run game play calling was more than frustrating; I'm pretty sure it gave me cancer. There were sooooo many run plays that were nothing more than throwing away the play. His concept of "keep em honest" with the run game with f*cking retarded. Those calls had no purpose, and no chance of success. It was blatantly obvious to everyone watching that game. Even some of the run play calls with EJ were maddening. It would have been much better to just empty the backfield and spread out the receivers, and let Trask sling it. The likelihood of success would have been much higher. The thing that I miss most about Spurrier was that he truly knew how to put players in a position to make a play, and designed his offensive attack around their skills. Great coaches know how to do this. Case in point: look at what the new LSU OC has done with that offense in less than a year's time. That dude will be a HC soon. Hopefully those dumbasses in Knoxville don't go after him.
With all that said, it was good to see a team that actually fought, and grinded, and truly looked like they were competitive. But most of all, they wanted it. BADLY. We needed a perfect game, and some turnovers, to win last night but we came up short to a better overall team.
It has been years since we had a real team with a real chance against a team like LSU last night, and that's good to finally see. If we can clean up some things, we can still win the East. It won't be pretty or easy, but we can do it.
Go Gators!
50%: We don't have any quality depth whatsoever (especially on D), and a severe lack of talent on the OL and at RB. This program's overall roster is lacking, and we are struggling to keep up with the big boys because of it. Mullen has had to recruit for 2 years with the stench of stagnation from a decade of neglect by Butters, and even Muschamp, as well (neither of them knew how to recruit a full roster). With that said, Mullen gets no more grace from me over this roster after this season. This upcoming crop of recruits better end up being f*cking amazing.
As for Mullen's 50%: last night was a winnable game, even with our depleted roster. I have always said Mullen is a good coach, but I am not convinced he is great. I stand by that. He still has a lot to learn, and I hope he does, quickly. His run game play calling was more than frustrating; I'm pretty sure it gave me cancer. There were sooooo many run plays that were nothing more than throwing away the play. His concept of "keep em honest" with the run game with f*cking retarded. Those calls had no purpose, and no chance of success. It was blatantly obvious to everyone watching that game. Even some of the run play calls with EJ were maddening. It would have been much better to just empty the backfield and spread out the receivers, and let Trask sling it. The likelihood of success would have been much higher. The thing that I miss most about Spurrier was that he truly knew how to put players in a position to make a play, and designed his offensive attack around their skills. Great coaches know how to do this. Case in point: look at what the new LSU OC has done with that offense in less than a year's time. That dude will be a HC soon. Hopefully those dumbasses in Knoxville don't go after him.
With all that said, it was good to see a team that actually fought, and grinded, and truly looked like they were competitive. But most of all, they wanted it. BADLY. We needed a perfect game, and some turnovers, to win last night but we came up short to a better overall team.
It has been years since we had a real team with a real chance against a team like LSU last night, and that's good to finally see. If we can clean up some things, we can still win the East. It won't be pretty or easy, but we can do it.
Go Gators!